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...body. Their job is to convert food into a chemical called ATP that cells use for energy. When they go bad, all sorts of havoc is wreaked on the body. Depending on which types of cells are affected, mitochondrial disease can cause muscle wasting, nerve damage, seizures, stroke, blindness, deafness and more...
...risk for five common diseases in the United States caused the site to be temporarily inaccessible due to heavy traffic. Yourdiseaserisk.harvard.edu, created by the Harvard Center for Cancer Protection (HCCP) at the Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH), features a risk index for cancer, heart disease, diabetes, osteoperosis, and stroke. An article about the site published in The Wall Street Journal on Tuesday caused 22,000 people with unique IP addresses to try the site in a two-hour window, according to Webmaster of HSPH Deane Eastwood. The spike in the number of site visitors slowed down HSPH?...
...Black and White heavyweights did not find similar success this weekend, with its first varsity boat coming in 16th with a time of 16.53.10 and its second varsity notching a 28th place finish, clocking in at 17.18.74. The two boats were simply not able to attain a high enough stroke rate. While rowing at a rate ranging from 30-32 strokes, the team fell behind crews such as first-place Virginia, which reached a stroke rate of 34. Both the lightweights and heavyweights also had to deal with astounding winds, especially on the second half of the Head. Over this...
...men’s side, finishing fourth out of 18 entries and second amongst university crews. “Even though it’s the fall, it’s still a race, and we still get excited for it,” senior stroke Andrew Boston said. “It breaks up the fall season—the fall season is a really long season, and this is a fun weekend. Rowing-wise, it’s fun to get on a race course and get some hard strokes in and get the season going...
...what they lack in height the pair have made up for with their dedication. As sophomores, both were moved up from an undefeated second varsity into the varsity eight for last May’s Eastern Sprints, Kitovitz as stroke and Stegmaier as seven-seat. They both continued to jockey back and forth in the stern pair of the top boat for the rest of that season...